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An insurance group has donated $10,000 worth of grocery gift cards to a charity dedicated to women and their families.
The boost from the Argus Group to the Women’s Resource Centre will give struggling families the opportunity to buy $100 worth of fo...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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Test kits and protective equipment for essential workers are to be flown in from the UK soon, the Governor has said.
John Rankin explained yesterday that specialist gear, including personal protection equipment, had been allocated to Bermuda and othe...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Nine people failed to stick to self-quarantine rules imposed to cut spread of Covid-19, the national security minister said on Saturday.
Wayne Caines said that police had visited 140 homes in a three-day spell to check on people in self-quarantine.
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DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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Residents were asked to help Bermuda “write its Covid story” yesterday before the island went into its first night of curfew.
David Burt, the Premier, said that everyone had a role to play in battling the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the wor...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Chief of Staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board said that the community was the “first line of defence” against Covid-19, as he urged citizens to help stop the spread of the disease.
Michael Richmond told The Royal Gazette that a supply of N95 resp...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A special bus service for hospital workers has been set up.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport and the Department of Public Transportation said that the temporary schedule would service routes 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 11 every day and wo...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
People struggling from alcoholism and drug addiction have been assured they will not have to “suffer in silence” during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Health experts have warned that those dependent on alcohol and drugs are more likely to relapse as their ro...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
The threshold for the importation of medical cannabis has rocketed to 2,000 grams a year from an annual limit of just one gram per year.
A spokeswoman for the health ministry said the Government was “processing an application for a commercial importe...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Stranded students affected by the coronavirus pandemic could be returned to Bermuda by an “air bridge”, the Premier said last night.
David Burt added that he felt morally obliged to look after people stuck in other countries.
The Premier said that an...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Sophia Cannonier is used to not seeing her two eldest children while they are away at boarding school — but now she has no idea when she will next be reunited with them.
Ravi and Vidya Cannonier-Watson, who are both studying dance in Britain, were un...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways